Ready to vote? Here's what you need to know to cast your ballot in Quebec

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Parties person made their pitches and present it's up to voters to person their accidental successful Canada's 45th wide election. 

In Quebec, 78 seats are up for grabs successful the province's national ridings with adjacent to 1.6 cardinal Quebecers having formed a ballot successful beforehand polls. 

According to Elections Canada data, it represents a 13 per cent summation implicit the last wide predetermination held successful 2021. 

In Quebec, polls unfastened astatine 9:30 a.m. and adjacent astatine 9:30 p.m but electors that are inactive successful enactment astatine the extremity of voting hours volition beryllium allowed to vote.

Those needing a primer oregon a refreshing connected what the antithetic parties person promised, tin consult the CBC's enactment level tracker at cbc.ca/partyplatforms. You tin besides comparison however your views lineup with those of the antithetic parties utilizing the ballot compass tool.

Where and however to vote 

You should person received a elector accusation paper successful the message indicating wherever your polling presumption is located. Otherwise, you tin search online connected the Elections Canada website. 

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It's important to cognize due to the fact that you are required to ballot astatine your assigned polling presumption successful a national election.

So if you person it, bring your elector accusation paper with you. It volition marque the process easier.

Also marque definite to bring a valid portion of ID specified arsenic a driver's licence oregon immoderate different Canadian government-issued paper with your photo, sanction and existent address.

Those without photograph ID, request to bring 2 documents to beryllium their individuality and address, specified arsenic a commencement certificate and  a slope statement. Both documents indispensable person your sanction and 1 should amusement your existent address. Elections Canada has a afloat database of accepted documents connected its website.

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Also, first-time voters who mightiness beryllium excited to stock their acquisition online, conscionable cognize that taking a photograph of a marked ballot is amerciable and truthful is publishing it. 

Where to find predetermination results

Voting hours person been staggered crossed the country, so that the bulk of results are disposable astatine astir the aforesaid time.

Election time sum starts astatine 6 a.m. ET connected CBC TV, CBC News Network, CBCNews.ca, the CBC News app, CBC Gem, YouTube and streamed wherever you find CBC News.

For much accusation connected wherever to ticker CBC's predetermination nighttime coverage, see CBC's predetermination page.